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1 item (enclosure to despatch received on 26 November 1860) extracted from CO 42/624....
Catalogue reference: MR 1/635
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to despatch received on 26 November 1860) extracted from CO 42/624.... dating from 1860 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MR 1/635
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to despatch received on 26 November 1860) extracted from CO 42/624. 'Map of Canada West [now Ontario, Canada], shewing the Post Offices and Mail Routes. Prepared by Order of the Post Master General. By John Dewe, Post Office Inspector, 1860': covering the area bounded roughly by Lakes Ontario, Erie and Huron, Georgian Bay, and the Rivers Ottawa and Saint Lawrence. Reference table to towns, railway and telegraph stations, and money order offices. Scale: 1 inch to about 6.67 miles. Printed by Maclear and Co, Toronto. MS additions showing Native American reserves and unsurrendered lands.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 115 cm x 173 cm
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Printed, coloured
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2.America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 1421
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4559662/
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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